US Patent Issued to Industriale Chimica on Dec. 9 for "Process for preparing (3Alpha,5Alpha)-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-pregnan-20-one (Ganaxolone)" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,221, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Industriale Chimica S.R.L. (Milan).

"Process for preparing (3Alpha,5Alpha)-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-pregnan-20-one (Ganaxolone)" was invented by Roberto Lenna (S. Giorgio su Legnano, Italy), Andrea Fasana (Nesso, Italy), Claudio Delfrate (Rho, Italy) and Jerry David Ortiz Blacio (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a process for preparing (3Alpha,5Alpha)-hydroxy-3-methyl-pregnan-20-one, a compound also known as Ganaxolone, having the formula below: (I):"

The patent was filed on Sept. 8, 2021, under Application No. 18/024,612.

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